Teaching Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values: A History Institute for Teachers

Co-Chaired by David Eisenhower and Walter A. McDougall
Sponsored by the Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education
A division of the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Islam and Politics in Historical Perspective

David Cook

On May 6-7, 2006 forty-two teachers from fifteen states gathered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania for an FPRI History Institute on “;Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values.” The program featured a keynote address by Kanan Makiya, the Sylvia K. Hassenfeld Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University, on “Iraq’s Democratic Prospects.” Lectures covered such topics as "Islam and Politics in Historical Perspective,” “Islam vs. Islamism,” “Asian Islam and Arab Islam: Is There a Difference?” and “Islam, Law and Human Rights.”

Through the History Institute for Teachers and the other activities of FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education, FPRI seeks to advance teachers’ knowledge of world affairs, aid them in incorporating this knowledge into the classroom, and encourage a dialogue among pre-college educators, university scholars, students, and parents.

The History Institute is supported by a grant from The Annenberg Foundation.

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